A recent study of 1300 Marketing Directors or above sited that 57% of the respondents said that email marketing will receive the greatest investment in 2009. It's not that other initiatives are not important it's just that email has proven the most valuable way to
There are five best practices before subscribers open your messages to help keep them from hitting the spam button.
1. From Address
Make sure your From address is friendly and recognizable. It should contain the name of your company or well-known personality related
Most marketers believe that spammy looking content is the reason Internet service providers and major corporations block incoming e-mail.
It used to be true that words, like "Free" and "Mortgage", had a noticeable impact on email delivery. But spam filters have gotten
With all the SPAM blockers on the Internet, it's difficult to impossible for a company to communicate with their customers and potential customers using an internal email system. No one wants SPAM in their inbox. The ISP's don't want SPAM filling up their hard drives
Unfortunately, this question rarely comes up from a traditional advertising agency. That's why I started Ontarget and made sure that our classification is a marketing agency. This question is very important and should be asked. Without this understanding you don't
The days of passing an ad in front of someone seven times to make them purchase are over. With the advent of DVR (Digital Video Recorders) people have made two very important statements. First, I want content when I want it. Second, I want to be able to fast forward
Smart companies are creating social networks to open up the dialog between their brand and the users of the brand. Most brands use these as a promotional channel but there's another very important use of a brand's social network, research.
The typical way to gain the